Ireland Wholesale Prices Drop In August

Ireland's wholesale prices dropped 2.1% year-on-year in August, reversing a 0.3% rise the preceding month, the Central Statistics Office said Thursday.

The most significant fall on a yearly basis was for office machinery, which fell 2%, followed by a 1.5% drop for meat products.

On a monthly basis, prices dropped 0.3%, slower than a 0.6% fall in the preceding month.